diff --git a/s.py b/s.py
index 137b3de..44b304c 100644
--- a/s.py
+++ b/s.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import json
 
 
 is_termux = os.environ.get('TERMUX_APP__PACKAGE_NAME') or os.environ.get('TERMUX_APK_RELEASE')
+termux_api = False
 if is_termux:
     logger.info('Termux detected, checking permissions...')
     logger.info('Prevent killing termux by android, getting wakelock...')
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ if is_termux:
     default_directory = '/sdcard/ub4tg'
     os.system(f'mkdir -p {default_directory}')
     default_config_file_path = f'{default_directory}/config.json'
+    termux_api = os.system('termux_api_start') == 0
+    if termux_api:
+        logger.success('termux API works')
+    else:
+        logger.warning('termux API not installed or broken')
 if not os.path.exists(default_config_file_path):
     logger.info('config not found, first launch setup...')
     api_id = int(input('enter api_id from https://my.telegram.org/ : '))
diff --git a/src/updatenotif.py b/src/updatenotif.py
index c96f2f0..36d3d55 100644
--- a/src/updatenotif.py
+++ b/src/updatenotif.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from s import termux_api
 from loguru import logger
 import os
 import asyncio
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ async def git_notifications_update():
     cwd = os.getcwd()
     os.chdir(cwd)
     while True:
-        termux_api = os.system('termux-api-start')
         if termux_api == 0:
             logger.info('Checking for updates...')
             fetching_git = os.system('git fetch')